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“Do you think this contraption of yours ork?” El Din asked

“Of course it’ll work,” Joe interjected “I built most of it”

With care, Kurt and Joe had taken the batteries from the abandoned Tesla and mated them with an electrical enuity they’d welded that motor to a propeller taken from a speedboat

After testing thetheir ability to control it, they’d wrapped the entire design in a thick plastic lining and then constructed a watertight body around it with fiberglass sections froth epoxy sealed the joints in a ray paint had been added to make the contraption less visible

It looked like a child’s science project on steroids Kurt would straddle it, controlling a rudder at the tail with his feet, anda pair of dive plains via handlebars would let hiuide the propulsion unit

“I adn,” Kurt said “But Joe and I were on a budget and a little pressed for time”

“At least you go on the outside,” El Din said, then offered a look that suggested he ht?”

Kurt nodded With the flick of a rubber-booted switch, he activated the power A set of LEDs came on in the makeshift control unit He twisted the throttle and the propeller spun with instant power The electricaland the displaced air were the only sounds But the poas obvious and instant

“If you survive this,” Joe said, “Ithese on street corners”

“I think you’ll find cash flow to be a problehty-thousand dollar car”

As the old fishing boat chugged forward, El Din asked the next question “How do you plan to get on board once you catch them?”

“Like Spiderman,” Kurt said

He moved to a locker, opened it, and pulled out four metallic objects The first tere attached to a type of wrist brace He slid them over his forearauntlets worn by knights of old The next tere attached to knee braces, like those worn by skiers who’d injured thehtly, fitting over Kurt’s wet suit

Kurt senuity Each brace had a lithiunet attached to it After adjusting the braces for co a thumb switch and held his arm out over a metal tackle box The box levitated fro

Despite pulling with his other arm, Kurt could not break the tackle box loose He switched the unit off and the box dropped back to the deck “If the Massif has a steel hull, I should be able to cliht up the side”